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PM, farmer leaders locked in verbal battle

Farmers blocking railway tracks with tractors (File Photo, Image credit: The New Indian Express)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Benaras on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti (Nov 30) highlighting the steps his government had taken for the cause of agriculturalists has failed to cut much ice as farmer leaders said that they…

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December 1, 2020

Yogendra Yadav accuses government of creating bogey of corona virus to fail farmers’ agitation

Yogendra Yadav criticized the government over stopping of farmers to enter the national capital. ( File photo: Image courtesy: The Hindu)

The leader of Swaraj India, Yogendra Yadav has accused the government of raising the bogey of corona virus to fail the farmers March to Delhi (Delhi Chalo). Talking to the media on Jaipur-Delhi Highway he said on Thursday that on…

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November 26, 2020

Farmers, trade unions take to streets in protest against new legislations

Farmers in Punjab block railway tracks in protest against the new Farm Bills (File Photo, Image credit: The Hindu Business Line)

Thousands of farmers in many states of the country on Friday stopped the running of trains and blocked roads in protest against the recently enacted Farm Bills that was passed without addressing their anxieties. The situation is particularly bad in…

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September 26, 2020